{"product_id":"face-to-face-the-photographs-of-camilla-mcgrath-hardcover","title":"Face to Face: The Photographs of Camilla McGrath - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCamilla McGrath\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrea Di Robilant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGriffin Dunne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revelatory collection of behind-the-scenes photographs of celebrities and cultural icons--from Joan Didion to the Rolling Stones to Nancy Pelosi. Featuring short essays from Fran Lebowitz, Harrison Ford, and more. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A treasure trove of celebrities at play in the 1960s, '70s and '80s.\" \u003cbr\u003e--PEOPLE \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCamilla Pecci Blunt, a nonprofessional photographer who grew up between Italy and New York, was well placed to forge the path she did. Her mother was passionate about the arts, took photographs, painted, and collected artists around her, and had galleries in Rome and New York. The more than six hundred photographs in this book from the 1950s to the early 1990s capture our cultural icons in casual, playful moments. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter she married Earl McGrath in 1963, their homes--first in New York and then in Los Angeles--became gathering places for a wholly unexpected mix of people that Camilla documented in these surprising, in-the-moment photographs: Jackie Kennedy, Jerome Robbins, Sammy Davis Jr., Calvin and Kelly Klein, Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein, Bruce Chatwin, Andy Warhol, Larry Rivers, Jean Tinguely, Frank O'Hara, Jasper Johns, Allen Ginsberg, the Rolling Stones, Bryan Ferry, Bette Midler, Jerry Hall, Keith Haring, Linda Ronstadt, Jerry Brown, Sharon Tate, Roman Polanski, John Waters, Joan Didion, Angelia Huston, Robert Graham, David Hockney, Michael Crichton, and Barbra Streisand, among many others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAndrea di Robilant's essay, along with memories from Griffin Dunne, Vincent Fremont, Harrison Ford, Fran Lebowitz, and Jann Wenner, reveal the backstory of this irresistible look at the larger-than-life cultural figures of our time as you have never seen them.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCAMILLA MCGRATH (1925-2007) \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Paris in 1925 and, over the course of her life, took more than sixty thousand photographs of her family and celebrated friends in Europe, New York, and California. \u003cb\u003eANDREA DI ROBILANT\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and the author of five books of nonfiction, most recently \u003ci\u003eAutumn in Venice: Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Rome.\u003cb\u003e GRIFFIN DUNNE \u003c\/b\u003eis a director, writer, and actor. He lives in New York.\u003cb\u003e VINCENT FREMONT\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the founding directors of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. He is currently working on a variety of projects in the art and entertainment fields.\u003cb\u003e HARRISON FORD \u003c\/b\u003eis by profession an actor. He also serves as vice chair on the board of Conservation International.\u003cb\u003e FRAN LEBOWITZ\u003c\/b\u003e lives in New York City where she divides her time.\u003cb\u003e JANN WENNER \u003c\/b\u003eis the founder of \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone \u003c\/i\u003eand lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 12 x 9.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769113510176,"sku":"9780525656463","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8edb9bd58211a1305d5e34be2207c5d9.webp?v=1780342483","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/face-to-face-the-photographs-of-camilla-mcgrath-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}